An analysis of the learning objectives of "written communication" using rubrics: a preliminary review of the macroeconomic theory i course

This paper discusses one of the peculiarities of information collected by rubrics, i.e. the qualitative nature of the categorical variables gathered. The qualitative nature of this data does not allow using conventional univariate statistical techniques such as, for example, calculating means and va...

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Autores:
Alonso Cifuentes, Julio César
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2014
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/79006
Acceso en línea:
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/98382364/analysis-learning-objectives-of-written-communication-using-rubrics-preliminary-review-macroeconomic-theory-course
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/79006
Palabra clave:
Economía
Econometría
Economics
Econometrics models
Comunicación escrita
Aprendizaje
Estadísticas
Teoria macroeconomica
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This paper discusses one of the peculiarities of information collected by rubrics, i.e. the qualitative nature of the categorical variables gathered. The qualitative nature of this data does not allow using conventional univariate statistical techniques such as, for example, calculating means and variances, or multivariate statistical techniques such as correlation or regression analysis. To address this issue, we turned to latent variable models and item response theory (e.g. a Rasch-family model). We apply this methodology to asses the "Written Communication " learning goal in a Macroeconomic Theory course.